Title: What hurts the most
Pairings: SasuNaru, NejiShika
Part: 3/?
Sum: Naruto becomes Hokage, and leaves all his memorys and past behind to find a new future, however, what happens, when Naruto's past catchs up to him?
Disclamer: Naruto: Hi! I'm here to remind you that Narutard here, owns none of these characters! Believe it!! They all belong to the creature.
Sasuke: Duh, that's why it's called a fanfiction, other wise, she'd be trying to pon it off for money.
Naruto: Oh yeah, she gets no money benefits from this either. *Shrugs*
Note: OH, yeah, these chapters are being Rewritten one by one, and I will hopefully be continuing this story! Finally! However, as the title says: What hurts the most, I'm bound to turn this into a songfic at the end...maybe not...probably not....no most definetly not...but maybe, so far, there are no songs in this mess though, so there you go.
Warnings: OH yeah! There's spoilers, and character death, hopefully none of the characters now, but the characters that are already dead...in my fanfic. So yeah, This however does, not continue with the actual manga, seeing as it's already far past.

Warning: This chapter, is a mostly revolving around Shikamaru's and Neji's relationship, since I wanted to get away from the whole NaruSasu thing for a moment, exspecially since there....well, you know...a little topped at the moment XD

Narutard: Don't worry, I didn't get the whole topped thing either *Sweat*

Naruto: Now that's sad...

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Chapter III
The Way He Looked
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Shikamaru walked down the dark road staring up at the night sky, thinking over the nights events…Sasuke's return, The Hokage's outburst…he had been walking by at the time and was thinking about checking on them when he heard Naruto start screaming.

He flinched as a hand came to rest on his shoulder. "Nara-koi?" (Koi is a term used after the name of the person you love)

Shikamaru sighed. "It's nothing." He muttered lightly brushing the hand from his shoulder.

"It's not nothing if you keep sighing."

"Neji…" Shikamaru turned to look at Neji. When he had first fallen for Neji, it had been when he was 18 and helping Tsunade with her medicine, Neji to his surprise had decided to take up the study of medicine as well, and became Tsunade's apprentice. Though he had been there for a totally other reason, wanting to become a leader for the journey ninja, he had to study certain medicines, just incase the Medical Ninja's were unable to treat anyone, which was a rare cause but if they were ambushed usually the first to go down were the doctor's. They were one of the team's main resources, and weren't as educated in the battle field as Journey ninja, Paramedic's usually took all their time into studying medicine, so the journey ninja's job was to protect them, along with their leader, who was to direct them.

Shikamaru could remember it, the blue sky, the warm breeze. He had been ditching his work, bored of reading book after book of stupid herbs and crap. He was staring up at the sky, his vest lying beside him. He sighed as he stared up at the sky, painted with clouds. He heard a loud roar, which he could dinstinctly remember resmebling the noise of an anraged dragon...or fat monkey, either way. (XD, it just randomly came to me, so I put it)

"Find him!" And sighed knowing that it was Tsunade.

"Not even 10 minutes and already she's screaming." He growled. "Man, what a drag." He muttered as a shadown swept over him. "Wha-" He stared up into the face of Neji… I never noticed before, but…neji's eyes…they…remind me of clouds.

"What are you doing out here, you idiot?" Neji's harsh voice rang out and Shikamaru blushed at his own thoughts.

"Man, what are you, my mother?" He muttered okwardly looking away. "Go away."

"I didn't come out here just to leave you here." Neji replied glaring coldly down at him.

"Well then, don't. You know as well as I do that that shit it boring as hell!" Shikamaru growled.

Neji sighed and sat down beside Shikamaru staring up at the sky as he leaned back on his hands.

Shikamaru watched him for sometime, he couldn't help it he was mesmerized by Neji's...what was it...hell with it, he was enchanted by Neji, and that was it. He closed his eyes and sighed, thinking back to a time not long ago when he had watched Neji fighting Naruto, he was swift and smooth with his attacks, his slender body dodged attack after attack…

"I think we should start to head back." Shikamaru's eyes fluttered open. Above him hovered Neji, staring down at him with a gaze he had never seen before, he couldn't quite place it, but he knew he had seen someone with the same gaze. He stared into Neji's cloudy eyes and for a moment, he didn't care if he was a guy. He reached up and placed a hand behind Neji's head and pushed him down. Neji gave little resistence and soon, Shikamaru had closed the gap.

For a long while, Shikamaru kissed Neji light first his top lip then his bottom. It was actually Neji who pressed on, biting at Shikamaru's lip until he opened up, and Neji drew further. Their tongue's entwinded and finally a roar broke them apart.

"SHIKAMARU!" A loud and inhumanly roar echoed through out the field and a flock of birds scattered out from the trees, letting out a frightened cry as they took flight.

But Shikamaru didn't move he stared up at Neji, his eyes glazed over. "Neji…" And for a moment they just stared at each other before Neji finally got up, and lowered a hand down towards Shikamaru.

"As I said before, I think we should start heading back." As the Sun shined down on Neji's face, Shikamaru could finally make out a flush on the pale skinned boy's face, and he chuckled. "What?" Neji asked affensively.

"I-it's nothing." Shikamaru began to chuckle and quickly covered his mouth, this time getting a chuckle from Neji, but to his surprise Neji didn't hide it.

As time went on Shikamaru would learn many things he didn't know about Neji...

"Shikamaru!" Neji's voice jerked him out of his recollection. "Are you okay? You scared me there for a minute."

"Sorry." Shikamaru shook his head as he stared at the worried face of Neji, he chuckled. The most surprising thing that he had found out about Neji had to be the fact that Neji's true self was as childish as…well Naruto.

He blinked, and an old dusty bulb finally lite up. He realized what he had seen in Neji's eyes that day, he didn't see why he hadn't noticed it before. It was the same look Naruto always had when he looked at Sasuke…

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The room was dark, Sasuke stared up at the ceiling, he sighed and ran a hand through his hair as he felt Naruto stir.

"…I…I don't understand…" Naruto looked up at him, he was lying on Sasuke's bare chest, his eyes had a cloudy and glazed look, yet Sasuke could still see that admiration in them. "…why? Why did you come back…?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke studied the boy for a moment, and suddenly a voice rang out in his head. To kill him, to kill that nine-tailed fox that resigns in him. For a moment Sasuke just stared at Naruto, until finally uttering the words, "…because of you…"

Naruto didn't answer instead he closed his eyes and placed his head back onto Sasuke's chest.

"…I don't know why…but…I still…love you…I really, really do…" Naruto muttered.

"…I know…" was all Sasuke said, Naruto didn't say anything else, he had fallen into a warm slumber.

Now's your chance, kill him, kill him now! The voice ordered in his head.

Sasuke reached under the pillow he rested his head on and gripped the Kunai he had left there.

Yes, Yes! Kill him! Kill the nine-tailed fox demon and the boy! Sasuke took the Kunai from under the pillow and brought it up to his face before staring down at Naruto, he gripped the Kunai tightly and began lowering it towards Naruto.

"…sasuke…" Sasuke's name escaped the sleeping boy's lips, and Sasuke hesitated...He looked away. Kill him! Kill him now!! What are you waiting for? Kill him!

"Not here. Somewhere…somewhere more sucluded…where he won't be found." Sasuke muttered and the voice disappeared with a growl.

Sasuke closed his eyes allowing the Kunai to fall from his hand and onto the bed.

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Narutard: Once again, I'm sorry for skipping the sex part for NaruSasu, but I wasn't in the mood, and really this isn't M rated, so if I happen...to maybe one day inclue such a thing I'll make it a one-shot, to be included with this....maybe...

Naruto: Until next time!!...Chapter 4....yeah...some random name she'll come up with later